Simon, B.K. (24 July 1986), Studies in Australian grasses: 3. Austrobaileya 2(3): 238, fig. 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland. Cook District: 4 km from Almaden on Petford road, 17°22′S, 144°42′E, 10 Mar 1980, Simon 3598 & Clarkson (holotypus BRI; isotypus CANB)."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Zuloaga, F.O., Salariato, D.L. & Scataglini, A. (21 February 2018), Molecular phylogeny of Panicum s. str. (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae) and insights into its biogeography and evolution. PLoS ONE 13(2): 25 [onlne only] [basionym]

basionym of: Panicum aristispiculum (B.K.Simon) Zuloaga legitimate

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